FBO of the Week: Ocean Air Aviation, North Bend, OR
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FBO of the Week: Ocean Air Aviation, North Bend, OR
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Probable Cause #11: Right Pilot, Wrong Equipment
This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, February 2005. In the past we have studied accidents that were the result of the pilot’s lack of weather flying experience. In some of those reports we discovered that the lack of overall flying experience also contributed to the outcome.This month we are going to look at an […]
FBO of the Week: Christiansen Jet Center, Tulsa, OK
Nominate an FBO | Rules | Tips | Questions | Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Christiansen Jet Center, Tulsa at KRVS, Tulsa, OK. Offering up Christiansen, Phil Hanson told us, “Tremendous t-storm blew into Tulsa, and they put my Skylane in their hanger among the Citations, Pilatus’, etc. Staff is […]
Say Again? #65: Lost Perspective
This is the problem with being a safety rep: After a while, your perspective changes on things. Sometimes, it seems like every thing. Take this story from a recent edition of AVweb, for instance: NTSB Finding Reassessed — Case To Reopen, Decades After … When a Piedmont Airlines 727 and a Cessna 310 collided over […]
FBO of the Week: Christiansen Jet Center, Tulsa, OK
Nominate an FBO | Rules | Tips | Questions | Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Christiansen Jet Center, Tulsa at KRVS, Tulsa, OK. Offering up Christiansen, Phil Hanson told us, “Tremendous t-storm blew into Tulsa, and they put my Skylane in their hanger among the Citations, Pilatus’, etc. Staff is […]
The Pilot’s Lounge #102: The Last 10 Feet
The virtual airport, home of the Pilot’s Lounge, is much like any other little airport in the country. As with other modest, general aviation airports, we occasionally have the aeronautical version of the fender bender, where someone skitters off the side or end of a runway and comes to a somewhat ignominious halt.One of our […]
FBO of the Week: MERIDIAN, TETERBORO, NJ
Nominate an FBO | Rules | Tips | Questions | Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to MERIDIAN, TETERBORO at KTEB, Teterboro, NJ. Offering up Meridian, ROBERT APENS told us, “FLYING IN FROM CANADA IN THE CIRRUS FOR AN “I LOVE NEW YORK” JULY 4TH WEEKEND THE PEOPLE AT THIS FBO IMPRESSED […]
Probable Cause #10: Big Sky Fails
This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, April 2004. Probable Cause Lots of pilots like to take to the air and find solitude and thereby freedom. For others, however, there’s something strangely comforting about operating under the watchful eyes of an air traffic controller. If you routinely fly in congested airspace — such as around […]
